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Governance

China internet censorship a burden for businesses says U.S. Govt.

Reuters: The United States has labeled China’s internet censorship a trade barrier in a report...

ICANN accused of Stonewalling Congress by US Senators Cruz, Lankford & Lee

On Monday, April 4th 2016, Senator and Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz along with James...

Walden #SubCommTech Announces Hearings on IANA Transition ‘Privatizing the Internet Assigned Number Authority’ Today

WASHINGTON, DC – Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced in...

Sens. Ted Cruz, Lankford, and Lee Raise New Concerns About ICANN’s Relationship with Authoritarian China over Chehadé Wuzhen Engagement

Following last week’s statement by Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz that ICANN CEO Fadi...

Congressman Sean Duffy tells Chehade to ‘abandon plans to weaken the Internet’

The US Congressman Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) has sent a letter to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade urging him to...

Brazil’s ‘Big Spy Bill’ Threatens to Clamp Down on Internet Freedom

Brazil’s politicians are on a collision cause with the country’s young generation of YouTube addicts...

ICANN reveals 12 more user credentials were used in March 2015 data breach

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has concluded its investigation into...

ICANN Dublin: I’m unto your tricks Mr. Chairman, says Bekele’s letter to Crocker

The applicant for .Africa new gTLD , DCA Trust, has opposed the latest effort by the ICANN board to...

Senators Thune, Schatz warn ICANN Board not to stymie accountability demands as it jeopardizes IANA transition

US Senators Chairman John Thune (R-SD) and colleague Brian Schatz have once again written to the...

IANA Transition Standoff: ICANN Board neither supports the Single Member Model nor its alternative, the Designator model

The ICANN Boards Penchant for maintaining its status quo on power has triggered another...

US Senators Letter Questions GAO on whether Obama Administration has Power to allow IANA Transition

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)...

An unsupervised Post IANA-ICANN will be pressured by power hungry governments warns Internet Expert

Sophia Bekele Internet expert and previous ICANN policy adviser,   has warned in her article that...